The board’s lawyer did not advise members of the cease-and-desist letter before two meetings in January where the term “Alliance ISD” was used.

Keller high school students said it was their turn to be heard as they walked out of classrooms Friday morning to protest a proposal to split their

Groups of students from five of the district’s high schools then met at a Chicken Express parking lot on Timberland Boulevard near Timber Creek High School at 10:30 a.m., rallying for their right to have a say in the district’s future.

The Keller ISD school board officially accepted the resignation of Superintendent Tracy Johnson during a special meeting Thursday morning.

As the Keller ISD Board of Trustees continues to debate a controversial proposal to split the district in two, Fort Worth City Council members are looking into taking preemptive action to protect school properties.

The Tarrant County District Attorney is asking the Texas Attorney General to issue a legal opinion on the plan to split Keller Independent School District.

Fort Worth City Council member Charles Lauersdorf learned his lesson on zoning laws last year. When a developer purchased land next to Keller ISD’s Basswood Elementary where a Studio 6 motel was nearly built — due to its zoning designation as “light industrial,